Julius Baer was also known as Julius Bär. He was born on 18 May 1874 at Untergrombach, Baden, Germany. He was the son of Machol Bär and Elisabeth (Elise;Ellen) Kaufmann. Julius Baer married Blanche Sidenberg on 15 October 1907. Julius was one of the founders of Kaufman and Baer Department Stores, forerunner of Gimbels. In 1913 Mr. Baer and other members of his family joined with members of the Kaufmann family, cousins to the owners of the Kaufmann Department store, to organize Kaufmann and Baer. Gimbels bought them out in 1926.1 Julius Baer died on 1 December 1952 at Los Angeles, California, at age 78.1 He was buried on 3 December 1952.1